Sixth Committee (Legal) — 76th session

Observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly (Agenda item 170)

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Background (source: A/76/100)

The item entitled “Observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly” was included in the agenda of the seventieth session of the Assembly at the request of El Salvador (A/70/142). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since the seventieth session (decisions 70/525, 71/526, 72/525, 73/536, 74/525 and 75/531).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly decided to defer a decision on the item to its seventy-sixth session (decision 75/531).

Consideration at the seventy-sixth session

The Sixth Committee considered the item at its 28th meeting, on 10 November 2021 (see A/C.6/76/SR.28). For its consideration of the item, the Committee had before it a letter dated 10 July 2015 from the Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (A/70/142).

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Video   28th meeting (10 November 2021, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary

Action taken by the Sixth Committee

At the 28th meeting, on 10 November 2021, the Chair of the Committee announced that the Bureau had been informed that the delegation of Romania, on behalf of the sponsors, had requested that the Committee defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly until the seventy-seventh session of the Assembly.

At the same meeting, the Committee adopted, without a vote, a draft decision under which the General Assembly would decide to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly to the seventy-seventh session of the Assembly.

Subsequent action taken by the General Assembly

This agenda item will be considered at the seventy-seventh session (2022).

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